Operator Permits for the South Atlantic Rock Shrimp and Atlantic Dolphin and Wahoo Fisheries Beginning November 23, 2004, operator permit cards (operator cards) will be required for an operator of a vessel that has, or is required to have, a charter vessel/headboat or commercial vessel permit for Atlantic dolphin-wahoo. Operator cards have been required in […]
SETTLEMENT REACHED IN CASE OF NEGLIGENT PARASAIL OPERATOR TAMPA, Fla. – Representatives from the Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in Tampa will be holding a press conference at 2:00 p.m. today at Parasail City in Clearwater Beach, Fla., to discuss the results of an administrative hearing last week between the Coast Guard and Alexander Widmann, […]
COAST GUARD MEDEVACS 10-WEEK-OLD GIRL PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard launched a rescue helicopter today at about 11 a.m. to Johns Hopkins Medical Center, Baltimore, in an effort to save the life of a seriously ill 10-week-old girl. The girl is at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md., but requires immediate treatment from […]
CRANE COLLAPSES CRUSHING BOATS ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.– A crane collapsed this morning causing damage to two boats and spilling diesel fuel into the water in Brigantine, N.J. The crane has spilled approximately 50 to 100 gallons of diesel fuel into the St. George Thoroughfare after landing on two pleasure crafts that were moored at the […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee Notice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Shrimp FMP Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday November 4, 2004 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held at the C-Mast Building, Room #305 located at Carteret Community College, 303 College Circle, Morehead City, […]
PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE-NC Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory CommitteeNotice is hereby given that the NC Marine Fisheries Commission Finfish Advisory Committee will meet on Tuesday, November 9, 2004 at 10:30 a.m. The meeting will be held at the Washington Regional Office, Department of Environment and Natural Resources, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington, NC.The Committee will […]
Council to Hold Additional Public Hearings on Shrimp IssuesNew Chair and Vice-Chair Elected at October MeetingShrimp management measures affecting commercial fishermen fishing in South Atlantic federal waters were reviewed during the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s meeting in Pawleys Island, South Carolina this past week. As a result, two additional public hearings are scheduled regarding […]
NOAA ISSUES SERVICE ASSESSMENT REPORT ON HURRICANE ISABEL Nov. 3  NOAA’s National Weather Service today released an internal evaluation of its operations during Hurricane Isabel. The tropical cyclone caused extensive damage and loss of life in the Mid-Atlantic states in September 2003. NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, is an agency of the […]
Regulators Congratulate Tar-Pamlico And Neuse River Basin Agricultural Communities For Nitrogen Reduction Efforts RALEIGH — Annual reports from the state’s Division of Water Quality on progress made to reduce nitrogen pollution in the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico rivers show a resounding success. The agricultural community in both basins exceeded the goals of the state’s first row […]
October Meeting Followup: Additional Shrimp Public Hearings Scheduled, Council Elects New Chair and Vice-ChairPublic HearingsShrimp management measures affecting commercial fishermen fishing in South Atlantic federal waters were reviewed during the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s meeting in Pawleys Island, South Carolina this past week. As a result, two additional public hearings are scheduled regarding options […]
